Volfan1000
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John Currie and Dave Hart both deserved to be tarred feathered and bitch slapped. Don’t know what sports program you have been following.I liked Currie
Did not deserve to be ridden out on a rail because of Schianno.
But I also liked Dave Hart to as he tried to reel in the "Man Haters Club" that exists in part of the fanbase and consolidate unnecessary duplication within the department.
John Currie and Dave Hart both deserved to be tarred feathered and bitch slapped. Don’t know what sports program you have been following.
Too many of our ADs have been facilities geeks. Not enough of them have been anywhere close to requirements as personnel evaluators.
I give Currie credit for being able to make the kind of call on this sport that Dr. Dougherty made when he replaced a
modestly-successful M.B. Banks with a first year assistant line coach.
Long-term, this is a hire that can do for baseball what the Neyland hire did for the football program. In the short-term, Vitello has most certainly had a Neyland-level impact on this program.
In a world where the money matters, making a transformational change giving your athletics program another potential revenue-generator lifts all boats and certainly is a massive plus in the win column for the man who was able to make that happen.
While I don’t disagree that Hamilton was the beginning of the end of Tennessee football the two clowns and Phil afterwards made horrible hires in multiple athletic positions. I love Fulmer but Pruitt tarnished his legacy. Tony V is great but any thought that Currie foresaw this type of success is ridiculous. He hired him for his potential. Oh and I have a list Dave Hart…….don’t get me started.Currie and Hart were both trying to clean up the mess left by their predecessor who is where all bad things flowed. Hamilton screwed up football, basketball and especially baseball. The port schmucks that followed were left to pull everything back together.
Agreed. The big 4 (incl LV basketball) are rolling with outstanding Coaches across the board. i can’t remember the last time all 4 were rolling with high trajectories and momentum at the same time. UT has top 10 coaches in each sport imho.And honestly, it seems like last year's baseball run sparked something across UT athletics. That was followed by Heupel exceeding Year 1 expectations...fans are really excited about football and recruiting there has momentum. The basketball program is rolling and will be good again next year. UT fans are very excited across the board right now, but it seems like it started in April-June with this baseball program's exciting run.
What I recall about Hammy was that after he wrecked the department, he booked with a million dollar golden parachute. Where else does a dud get paid like that for being a total failure? (example: Todd Raleigh)Currie and Hart were both trying to clean up the mess left by their predecessor who is where all bad things flowed. Hamilton screwed up football, basketball and especially baseball. The port schmucks that followed were left to pull everything back together.
'Bout time, after 40 years in the wilderness.And honestly, it seems like last year's baseball run sparked something across UT athletics. That was followed by Heupel exceeding Year 1 expectations...fans are really excited about football and recruiting there has momentum. The basketball program is rolling and will be good again next year. UT fans are very excited across the board right now, but it seems like it started in April-June with this baseball program's exciting run.
No, Dave Hart hired Coach Barnes.
I thought doing that merely put him on thin ice with the fan base. Not that it wasn't deserved...I liked Currie
Did not deserve to be ridden out on a rail because of Schianno.
But I also liked Dave Hart to as he tried to reel in the "Man Haters Club" that exists in part of the fanbase and consolidate unnecessary duplication within the department.
I’ll admit and you can dig through the old posts, I liked Burke even though he had no formal college coaching experience. I’m glad Currie never answered my calls…..The hire comes as somewhat of a surprise, given that many fans wanted VFL Chris Burke or even former assistant Ash Lawson. But as we’ve seen with Currie, he seems to make moves that people don’t see coming.
Although Vitello has never been a head coach at this level, he does seem to have potential. He’s a fairly young guy and has shown the ability to recruit at an elite level. In terms of actual coaching and managing, that’s yet to be seen. Currie is going against the grain and it’s kind of refreshing to see. For now, we’ll all just have to take the wait-and-see approach with this hire.
I actually did look back at old posts and the threads were very tame, even though the hire of Vitello was unexpected, everyone seemed upbeat and positive with the decision.I’ll admit and you can dig through the old posts, I liked Burke even though he had no formal college coaching experience. I’m glad Currie never answered my calls…..